Thursday, May 20, 2010

Ducklings!!

I was so excited when I got back from work yesterday, and found that the ducklings had started to hatch. I didn't want to mess around too much with them, but I counted 13 last night. She was still on top of them and I think there might be some more eggs under her.
We're very excited!!! They are so darn cute it's unbelievable. Can't wait to get home today and do hopefully a final count.
Pics and mabe video to follow when I get a chance.

Also in the joy of ducklings, I was sorry to see another 2 hens disappeared. I'm sure it's racoons. They must get to them during the day somehow, because they're locked up at night. So last night we were moving some el-nets around to completely enclose the coop area. Hopfully this will help. Will need to get up some more permanent solution and will work on that this weekend.